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Buncombe County staff lay out Swannanoa small-area plan focused on flood recovery and resilience
Summary
Planning staff presented a Swannanoa Small Area Plan process at the April 2025 Buncombe County Planning Board meeting, prioritizing recovery and resilience after Hurricane Helene and proposing a consultant-led process with a July start and an adoption target of August 2026.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — Buncombe County planning staff on a April 2025 Planning Board agenda presented a Swannanoa Small Area Plan that staff said is being prioritized for recovery and resilience work after damage from Tropical Storm Helene, with a planning consultant expected to start July 1 and a target adoption date of August 2026.
Planning staff described the project as a focused small-area planning process that will add a recovery and resilience emphasis to the county’s existing comprehensive-plan framework. "This has been prioritized as 1 of the first small area plans that we're gonna focus on," said Nathan Pennington, planning staff, describing the plan’s aim to "work with the community to come up with recovery actions, with resiliency, goals and policies." The presentation said staff will begin pre-budget work now, issue an RFQ for a consultant, begin early stakeholder outreach in May, and seek a July 1 contract start for a consultant.
Staff told the…
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